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    Report on measures to be taken to improve basic statistics on women in agriculture in Africa

    Reports & Research
    March, 1989
    Africa
    Land & Gender
    farmers
    farming systems
    agricultural and rural legislation
    agriculture
    women

    In Africa, agriculture is the most important sector in national economies. About 80 per cent of the active population works in agriculture. Further, apart from few exceptions, agriculture makes up more than 50 percent of gross national product. Nevertheless, Africa remains the only region in the world in which agricultural production declined between 1970 and 1980, when the growth rate was less than 2 per cent and moreover the gross national product (GNP) per head is one of the lowest in the world.

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    Emergency mapping for infornmal settlements as the geoinformation base for planning basic services

    Conference Papers & Reports
    June, 1999
    Africa
    land access
    geographical information systems

    The informal settlements, townships, temporary camps and other human posts need at least basic services such as potable water, electricity and sanitation. Other services such as food supply, medical aid and shelters are usually arranged in case of disasters and large human migrations. A proper and efficient services need should be well estimated and simply implemented. All requirements can be achieved as results of evaluation with use of the geo information decision support system GDSS, suggesting services sorts and quantities.

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    African group on statistical training and human resources

    Conference Papers & Reports
    November, 2016
    Africa
    capacity development

    The activities of the African Group on Statistical Training and Human Resources (AGROST) during the period 2015-2016 focused on support to the training component of the Action Plan for Africa of the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in Africa.

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    Contribution of the Sahara and Sahel observatory to the first meeting of the committee of development information

    Library also has edition in french under the title " Contribution de l'observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel a la premiere reunion du comite l'information pour le developpement"

    Conference Papers & Reports
    June, 1999
    Africa
    Land, Climate Change & Environment
    development
    environment
    desertification
    land degradation

    The countries of circum-Sahara Africa adversely affected by desertification, their sub-regional organisations, their Northern partners and the concerned international organisations of the United Nations System have created the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) in May 1992. OSS's mission is conducted within the international framework of the Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) and Agenda 21 and aims to favour the development and the optimisation of its African partners' information wealth, for an optimal use of the means for combating desertification.

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